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  Russ Francis June 20, 2016 at 12:18pm

  Been running a FS70rce for over 2 years almost daily use and very happy with it.  Classed as home/semi pro by Stihl but perfectly capable for my use and not too vibey or heavy.  Mostly small to mid size domestic gardens, but have done all day clearances quite happily with a harness on to take the weight.  Broke the drive shaft last year but not too expensive and easy to replace.

  You can quickly replace the strimmer head with a HL135 to give you a long reach trimmer, or an HT unit to give you a pole pruner.  Very capable machine and I will look to get another as and when it conks out.
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    Ian Parkes > Russ Francis June 20, 2016 at 3:24pm

    What is it like a combi unit. Sounds othe one for me . Thks
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      Russ Francis > Ian Parkes June 20, 2016 at 3:56pm

      mp. It's not designed as a combi as such as it has a full length shaft, but can be used like one with the above fittings, just use a torx spanner to swap them over.
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  Ian Parkes June 20, 2016 at 5:53pm

  are you sure the pole pruner will work, says only Fits FS90R, FS100R, FS130R.   as was looking to get one a ht pole pruner too. save a few quid if it does.
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    Seth Burgess > Ian Parkes June 20, 2016 at 6:27pm

    It will fit as its the same shaft size. But the 70 engine isn't reccomended as it isn't powerful enough. Even though it has the same power as the 94 which can use all those attachments?
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      Ian Parkes > Seth Burgess June 20, 2016 at 6:36pm

      Ok may be ok for small stuff. Not going use it much anyhow
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  Ian Parkes June 20, 2016 at 6:35pm

  I got a hl95 long pole. Maybe a pole saw would work on that. Hmm
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  Alistair Simpson June 25, 2016 at 7:48pm

  In my opinion/for me the smaller Stihl strimmers aren't really worth spending money on. I think a better option is a Stihl KM130R which is the combi unit, I use the strimmer, hedge cutter and pole pruner and in the past have used the tiller and edger. One does the job of three machines for me and at a fraction of the cost. 
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  joe sheppard June 25, 2016 at 10:13pm

  Personally I hate my fs70rc and so does my colleague after replacing my old tanaka tbc230.
  
  For me I find the set up of the machine hurts my wrists to use and can't find a comfortable way to use it. The engine unit in my opinion protrudes too high and makes it impossible to tilt the machine forwards when edging.
  
  I tool it back to the shop as it was spitting oil out and smoking when revved hard (correct mix used) but they assured me that it is because I'm not revving it hard enough (sure enough it is fine on clearance jobs) but edging domestic lawn near windows, cars ppl etc I do t want to be revving it hard.
  
  I am planning to have a look at a dewalt cordless (I already have batteries) for domestic edging, anyone tried one?
  
  Personally I would suggest the tanaka tbc230 a fair bit cheaper nicely balanced and still has just about enough power for any clearance you do.
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    Richard Gadsby > joe sheppard June 25, 2016 at 10:19pm

    Once you try a 50 plus cc clearing saw you realise these 20-30 cc ones are really under powered for clearing work.
    I do use one for all but tough stuff though